I much prefer cycling on a road bike; the fact that I have a new one really helps with wanting to go out and ride! Nice carbon endurance bike with 28mm tyres & disc brakes, plus Canyon's leaf sprung seat post make for a comfortable ride.

Basically with a road bike, you can sit-up more and enjoy the view

Was also looking at this bike, was leaning towards the Ultimate SLX, but the endurance SLX is tempting as well

I really don't like descending on my road bike, I can actually descend mountains mcuh faster on my CX bike, equiped with discs and a more relaxed geometry